📍 Cultural📍 Heritage🍲 Local Experience

Punjab University Campus (Gandhi Bhawan)

Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India

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Overview

The leafy modernist campus of Panjab University — Pierre Jeanneret's lotus-shaped Gandhi Bhawan on its reflecting pool, the Student Centre and A.C. Joshi library.

Why visit: Corbusier-era campus design and the iconic Gandhi Bhawan.

Things to do

›Gandhi Bhawan
›Student Centre
›Fine-arts museum
›Reflecting pools

Campus WalkArchitecture ViewingCafé Hopping

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Mar (term time)

Entry fee

Free

Est. budget

Free–₹200

Duration

2–3 hrs

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